Development Control Committee - 14 April 2011

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Thursday, 14 April 2011 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Committee:-

Councillors Geoffrey Dunne (Chairman), Chris Lloyd (Vice-Chairman)

Chris Ayrton

Phil Brading

Barbara Green

Chris Hayward

Paula Hiscocks

David Major

Amrit Mediratta

Ann Shaw OBE

Ron Spellen

Chris Whately-Smith

David Gardner, Director of Corporate Resources and Governance6 April 2011

The Development Control Committee welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on agenda items. Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Please note that, in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Development Control Committee. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.

MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 17 March 2011 and of the Extraordinary meeting held on 5 April 2011. (Circulated separately)

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 31 to be announced, together with the special circumstances which justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

4.

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

5.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS

The following applications (agenda items 6 to 19) are submitted for the Committee’s decision and, unless otherwise stated, staffing, financial and legal implications are not applicable. Environmental implications are dealt with in the individual reports.

6.

10/2230/OUT - Outline Application: For the construction of up to 425 dwellings, flexible mixed use centre comprising 2,350 sqm of A1, A2, A3, A5 and D1 uses, hotel (8,500 sqm), and associated parking, means of access and associated infrastructure works and use of agricultural land (The Horse field) and the former Furtherfield tip for public open space. (Matters reserved: Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) at LAND AT LEAVESDEN AERODROME, AERODROME WAY AND LAND NORTH OF SOUTH WAY, ABBOTS LANGLEY, HERTS for MEPC Leavesden Park

11/0240/FUL – First floor and two storey side extension with single storey element to front, loft conversion with roof alterations and rear dormer window and removal of one chimney at 15 SPENCER WALK, RICKMANSWORTH, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD3 4EE for Mr and Mrs C H Griffin

11/0344/ADV - Advertisement Consent: Welcome sign at entrance into The Aquadrome from Riverside Drive at THE AQUADROME, FROGMOOR LANE, RICKMANSWORTH, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD3 1NB, for Three Rivers District Council

11/0277/ADV - Advertisement Consent: Retrospective: Name board indicating presence of Police Station in Three Rivers House at THREE RIVERS HOUSE, NORTHWAY, RICKMANSWORTH for Peter Brooker (Director of Community and Environmental Services)

If the Committee wishes to consider the remaining item in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

“that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraphs (1-7) of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

(Note: If other confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional items).

1.

OTHER BUSINESS – If approved under Item 3 above.

Background Papers(used when compiling the above reports but they do not form part of the agenda)

Application file(s) referenced above

Three Rivers Local Plan 1996-2011

Three Rivers Local Development Framework 2001-2021 (emerging)

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended)

Government Circulars

Department for Communities and Local Government Planning Policy Guidance (PPGs) and Statements (PPSs)

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended)

Town and Country Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990